Brexit: ‘Crucial’ week ahead as negotiations over trade agreement yet to be finalisedworldUpdated: Nov 15, 2020, 21:10 ISTOfficials from both sides of the Brexit divide may still be far apart on key issues, but they seem united on one thing -- the coming week is crucial. Negotiations over a trade agreement have already passed a number of informal deadlines, but the two sides remain locked in talks. While both sides can see what a final agreement would look like, Brussels officials insist that reaching one will require the UK prime minister to move first, a stance their British counterparts reject. Peers voted last week to remove the most controversial parts of that bill, which gives ministers the power to unilaterally rewrite parts of the Withdrawal Agreement that Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed with the European Union. The government will overrule Lords to put back those powers, which in any case would be rendered void by a trade agreement, according to Eustice.

Source: Hindustan Times November 15, 2020 15:41 UTC